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ArticleRevista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social2025

[Considerations on hypoxia and altitude].

Luis Efrén Santos-Martínez

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Article in Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. [Characterisation of hypobaric hypoxia at 2240 metres above sea level].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Luis Efrén Santos-MartínezSecretaría de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Terapia Intensiva Posquirúrgica Cardiovascular. Ciudad de México, México.ORCID 0000-0002-2866-3047

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia associated with altitude is known as hypobaric hypoxia and it is related to the decrease in barometric pressure and inspired oxygen pressure; as they decrease, hypoxia increases. High altitude inhabitants acclimatise-adapt with morphological, physiological and genetic changes over generations. There are major differences between high altitude, moderate altitude and sea level. The characteristics of inhabitants of places with moderate altitude have been considered similar to those who live at sea level. However, hypobaric hypoxia is present and oxygenation is lower than at sea level, and it is still unknown what other changes may be caused by hypobaric hypoxia at this altitude.

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AltitudeAltitude SicknessHypoxiaAcclimatizationHumansAltitudeBlood Gas AnalysisHypoxiaOxygenationResident Population

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PMID40815459
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